{"id":4696,"date":"2005-05-27T21:24:26","date_gmt":"2005-05-27T21:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mfwa.org\/?p=4696"},"modified":"2015-12-31T21:27:03","modified_gmt":"2015-12-31T21:27:03","slug":"alerte-sierra-leone-deux-journalistes-inculpes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mfwa.org\/fr\/alerte-sierra-leone-deux-journalistes-inculpes\/","title":{"rendered":"ALERTE Sierra Leone : Deux journalistes inculp\u00e9s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sydney B. Pratt, directeur de publication, et Dennis Jones, reporter de l\u2019hebdomadaire ind\u00e9pendant, <em>Trumpet<\/em>, ont \u00e9t\u00e9 le 27 mai 2005, inculp\u00e9s de diffamation criminelle par Sam Margai, juge du Tribunal No. 1 \u00e0 Freetown, o\u00f9 est bas\u00e9 le journal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pratt et Jones ont plaid\u00e9 non coupables du chef d\u2019accusation et ont \u00e9t\u00e9 mis en libert\u00e9 provisoire, apr\u00e8s paiement d\u2019une caution de 40 millions de Leone (environ US$16000).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Le 23 mai, Pratt a publi\u00e9 \u00e0 la Une de son journal un article intitul\u00e9 \u00ab\u00a0KABBAH FURIEUX FACE AU SCANDALE DE POT DE VIN DE CAREW\u00a0\u00bb. Suite \u00e0 cette publication les deux journalistes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 arr\u00eat\u00e9s le lendemain sur les ordres de M. Frederick M. Carew, le Procureur de la R\u00e9publique et Ministre de la Justice. Ils ont \u00e9t\u00e9 emmen\u00e9s au commissariat central\u00a0 et interrog\u00e9s par la police pour \u00e9tablir les fondement des faits all\u00e9gu\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Selon la source de la Fondation pour les Media en Afrique de l\u2019Ouest (MFWA)-Sierra Leone, Pratt et Jones ont \u00e9t\u00e9 plac\u00e9s en garde \u00e0 vue pendant 48 heures \u00e0 la Direction g\u00e9n\u00e9rale de la Police Judiciaire du commissariat central de police\u00a0 et soumis \u00e0 un interrogatoire \u00e0 huis clos.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Les journalistes on \u00e9t\u00e9 remis en libert\u00e9 le 26 mai, mais seront inculp\u00e9s pour d\u00e9lit de diffamation criminelle le 27 mai 2005. Ils devraient compara\u00eetre devant le tribunal le 3 juin 2005.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">La MFWA condamne vivement ce dernier recours \u00e0 la loi draconienne et d\u00e9su\u00e8te de diffamation criminelle pour museler la presse, et lance un appel pour la lib\u00e9ration imm\u00e9diate et inconditionnelle des deux journalistes et de Paul Kamara, le r\u00e9dacteur du quotidien <em>For Di People,<\/em> emprisonn\u00e9 en octobre de l\u2019an dernier sous le m\u00eame chef d\u2019accusation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">La MFWA lance \u00e9galement un appel au gouvernement de la Sierra Leone pour proc\u00e9der de toute urgence \u00e0 l\u2019abrogation des articles de l\u2019Ordonnance No. 45 de 1996 portant Ordre Public qui p\u00e9nalisent la libre expression, et de prendre les dispositions n\u00e9cessaires pour adopter des lois qui sont conformes aux normes internationales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney B. 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